Opportunities and challenges for the Pilbara amid the
A key question for the Pilbara is the practicality of improving the mostly hematite-goethite iron ore reserves in that area to a grade high enough for use in DRI-based steelmaking. Producing DRI/HBI needs high-quality iron ore with at least 67% of iron, while the Pilbara ore's iron content average is closer to 60%. Pilbara ores tend to …
